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RIP Sharon Branham, Whose Life Challenged Our Complacency

2 years 7 months ago
Late last month, Sharon Branham died, apparently of natural causes. A Lindbergh High graduate and former secretary for Brown Shoe Co., Sherry spent recent decades panhandling at the corner of Forest Park Parkway and Skinker Boulevard.
Clark Randall

Why Fusion Ignition Is Being Hailed As A Major Breakthrough In Fusion - A Nuclear Physicist Explains

2 years 7 months ago
THE CONVERSATION - American scientists have announced what they have called a major breakthrough in a long-elusive goal of creating energy from nuclear fusion. The U.S. Department of Energy said on Dec. 13, 2022, that for the first time – and after several decades of trying – scientists have managed to get more energy out of the process than they had to put in. But just how significant is the development? And how far off is the long-sought dream of fusion providing abundant, clean energy? Carolyn Kuranz , an associate professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Michigan who has worked at the facility that just broke the fusion record, helps explain this new result. What happened in the fusion chamber? Fusion is a nuclear reaction that combines two atoms to create one or more new atoms with slightly less total mass. The difference in mass is released as energy, as described by Einstein’s famous equation, E = mc 2 , where energy equals mass times the

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Eagle Watching Adventures Await In Southwest Illinois

2 years 7 months ago
ALTON - It won’t be long before the iconic American Bald Eagles return to their winter homes in southwest Illinois so make plans now to take your winter eagle-watching adventure to the next level with a guided eagle-watching shuttle tour available in Alton and Grafton beginning Jan. 7, 2023. All eyes are on the sky as the Great Rivers & Routes region prepares for the annual winter migration of the American Bald Eagles. Every January, experts anticipate as many as 1,000 bald eagles will migrate to the area reclaiming their winter roosts along the Meeting of the Great Rivers National Scenic Byway just outside St. Louis in Illinois. To celebrate the return of this majestic bird, the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau has slated two months of guided shuttle tours to help eagle watchers discover the best places to view the wintering birds. Starting Saturday, Jan. 7., tours will be available in Alton and Grafton. Tours will take place each Saturday through Feb. 25. Tickets for

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Adam Sandler coming to St. Louis during 2023 tour

2 years 7 months ago
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Comedian Adam Sandler will be stopping in St. Louis in 2023 after extending his tour to eleven new cities. He will be at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, MO, on Friday, February 10. Tickets go on sale Friday, December 16 at livenation.com. FOX 2 will also be giving away tickets [...]
Joe Millitzer

Guilty Plea in Molotov Cocktail Attack at St. Charles Sauce on the Side

2 years 7 months ago
A disgruntled former Sauce on the Side employee pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to throwing Molotov cocktails at the restaurant in attempted arson. Rashaad Cotton, 25, of St. Louis County admitted that in the early evening of April 30, 2021, he threw his first Molotov cocktail of the night on a suburban street in St. Charles.
Ryan Krull